PTAB obviousness ruling over dissent reversed by CAFC majority but rule 36 issues persist for CPC patent On appeal, the Federal Circuit agreed with CPC Patent that Hsu’s ‘to associate with’...
PTAB’s RPI identification requirement restored to exacting pre-SharkNinja standard The change is meant is intended to address the exploitation of PTAB proceedings by foreign state-backed actors...
Xerox’s appeal of PTAB unpatentability ruling at CAFC defeated by Snap, Meta and XXerox’s argument that a claim amendment made during prosecution supports its proposed claim construction was also...
Interference Estoppel Appeal Nixed by CAFC Under General Rule of IPR Institution Non-Reviewability IGT filed its patent application in 2002, while Zynga filed the following year. A precedential...
IGT vs. Zynga: CAFC Rejects Interference Estoppel in IPR Appeal International Game Technology (IGT) owned a patent for secure gaming networks (U.S. Patent No. 7168089). In 2003, Zynga filed a patent...
Federal Circuit Clarifies Scope Of IPR Estoppel, Resolves Split Among District Courts By restricting a ‘ground’ to only patents and printed publications, an IPR petitioner may not raise ‘system prior...
Gene-Editing Patent Dispute Takes A Twist: CAFC Vacates Broad Institute's CRISPR Victory Introduction The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) vacated and remanded a Patent Trial...
US Court of Appeal affirmed PTAB and ITC decision favoring Jubilant Pharma, challenging Bracco's patent infringement claims The United States Court of Appeal affirmed the PTAB and US International...
Fed. Cir. affirms PTAB decision over Neapco's patent being obvious Federal Circuit affirms the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision over Neapco's vented slip-joint coupling Patent No....
Fed. Cir. affirms PTAB decision on IPR Joinder Estoppel The Court concluded that it could review the patent owner's challenge to the Board's decision that the petitioner was not estopped from...
